Tortosa (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Sergi Gordo Rodríguez, Bishop

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
Erected: 4th Century
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Tarragona
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: Spain
Square Kilometers: 6,450 (2,491 Square Miles)
Official Web Site: http://www.bisbattortosa.org/
Mailing Address: Palau Episcopal, Calle Cruera 5, 43500 Tortosa [Tarragona], Espana
Telephone: 977.44.07.00
Fax: 977.44.03.78

Past and Present Ordinaries

Gaufroy de Avignon † ( 1151 Appointed - 28 May 1165 Died)
Ponç de Monells † ( 1165 Appointed - 27 Jul 1193 Died)
Gombau de Santa Oliva † ( 1194 Appointed - 23 Jan 1212 Died)
Ponç de Torrella † ( 1212 Appointed - 29 Aug 1264 Died)
Bernardo Olivella † ( 1254 Appointed - 24 May 1272 Appointed, Archbishop of Tarragona)
Arnau de Jardí † ( 1273 Appointed - 20 Jul 1306 Died)
Pere (Pedro) de Beteto † ( 1306 Appointed - 8 May 1310 Died)
Dalmau de Monte Olivo † ( 1306 Appointed - 1307 Died)
Pere (Pedro) de Beteto † (9 Oct 1306 Ordained Bishop - 8 May 1310 Died)
Francesco de Paulhac † ( 1310 Appointed - 17 Oct 1316 Died)
Berenguer Prat † (27 Oct 1316 Appointed - 19 Feb 1340 Died)
Arnau de Lordac (Lordato) † (3 Oct 1341 Appointed - 3 May 1346 Died)
Bernat Oliver, O.E.S.A. † (26 Jun 1346 Appointed - 14 Jul 1348 Died)
Jaime Sitjó † (13 Oct 1348 Appointed - 18 Oct 1351 Died)
Esteban Malet (d’Omale), O.S.B. † (15 Feb 1352 Appointed - 1356 Died)
Juan Fabra, O.S.B. † (27 Feb 1357 Appointed - 10 Jan 1362 Appointed, Bishop of Carcassonne)
Jaime de Aragón † (10 Jan 1362 Appointed - 5 Mar 1369 Appointed, Bishop of Valencia)
Guillem de Torrelles † (14 Mar 1369 Appointed - 16 Feb 1379 Died)
Hugo de Lupia y Bagés † (26 Mar 1379 Appointed - 28 Nov 1397 Appointed, Bishop of Valencia)
Luis de Pradés y de Arenós † (17 Aug 1403 Appointed - 20 Jun 1407 Appointed, Bishop of Mallorca)
Francesco Climent Sapera (Pérez Clemente) † (20 Jun 1407 Appointed - 26 Feb 1410 Appointed, Bishop of Barcelona)
Otón de Montcada y de Luna † (18 Dec 1415 Appointed - 20 Feb 1473 Died)
Alfonso de Aragón y Sánchez † (31 Jul 1475 Appointed - 1 Oct 1512 Appointed, Archbishop of Tarragona)
Juan de Enguera, O.P. † (1 Oct 1512 Appointed - 14 Feb 1513 Died)
Luis Mercader Escolano, O. Cart. † (20 May 1513 Appointed - 9 Jun 1516 Died)
Adriaan Florenszoon Dedel † (18 Aug 1516 Appointed - 9 Jan 1522 Elected, Pope (Roma {Rome}))
Willem van Enckenvoirt (Enkewort) † (11 Mar 1523 Appointed - 19 Jul 1534 Died)
Antonio Calcena, O.F.M. † (20 Jun 1537 Appointed - 1539 Died)
Jerónimo Requeséns † (5 May 1542 Appointed - 21 Nov 1548 Died)
Fernando de Loaces (Loazes), O.P. † (28 Apr 1553 Appointed - 26 Apr 1560 Appointed, Archbishop of Tarragona)
Martín de Córdoba Mendoza, O.P. † (17 Jul 1560 Appointed - 4 Jun 1574 Appointed, Bishop of Plasencia)
Juan Izquierdo, O.P. † (7 Jun 1574 Appointed - 30 Sep 1585 Died)
Juan Terés † (14 Apr 1586 Appointed - 17 Mar 1587 Appointed, Archbishop of Tarragona)
Juan Bautista Cardona † (18 Mar 1587 Appointed - 30 Dec 1589 Died)
Gaspar Punter i Barreda † (6 Dec 1589 Appointed - 13 May 1600 Died)
Pedro Manrique de Lara, O.S.A. † (12 Feb 1601 Appointed - 8 Apr 1611 Appointed, Archbishop of Zaragoza)
Isidoro Aliaga, O.P. † (13 Jun 1611 Appointed - 26 Mar 1612 Appointed, Archbishop of Valencia)
Alfonso Márquez de Prado † (14 May 1612 Appointed - 18 Jul 1616 Appointed, Bishop of Cartagena (en España))
Luis Tena † (3 Aug 1616 Appointed - 26 Sep 1622 Died)
Agustín Spínola Basadone † (5 Mar 1623 Appointed - 7 Sep 1626 Appointed, Archbishop of Granada)
Justino Antolínez Burgos † (5 Jul 1627 Confirmed - 9 Jul 1637 Died)
Juan Bautista Verchi de Campania (Visco), O.F.M. † (16 Jul 1640 Confirmed - 6 Oct 1653 Confirmed, Bishop of Pozzuoli)
Gregorio Parcero de Castro, O.S.B. † (29 Nov 1655 Appointed - 17 Dec 1663 Died)
José Fageda, O.S.H. † (21 Jul 1664 Appointed - May 1685 Died)
Severo Tomás Auter, O.P. † (18 Mar 1686 Confirmed - 24 Dec 1700 Died)
Silvestre García Escalona † (6 Feb 1702 Appointed - 13 Jun 1714 Confirmed, Bishop of Salamanca)
Juan Miguélez Mendaña † (17 Sep 1714 Confirmed - 15 Dec 1717 Died)
Bartolomé Camacho Madueño † (4 Mar 1720 Appointed - 1 Apr 1757 Died)
Francisco Borrull Ramón † (26 Sep 1757 Appointed - 5 Aug 1758 Died)
Luis García Mañero † (19 Nov 1759 Appointed - 26 Nov 1764 Appointed, Archbishop of Zaragoza)
Bernardo Velarde Velarde † (22 Apr 1765 Appointed - 1 Mar 1779 Appointed, Archbishop of Zaragoza)
Pedro Cortez y Larraz † (13 Dec 1779 Appointed - 23 Jul 1786 Retired)
Victoriano López Gonzalo † (24 Jul 1786 Appointed - 14 Dec 1789 Appointed, Bishop of Cartagena (en España))
Antonio José Salinas y Moreno, O.F.M. Obs. † (29 Mar 1790 Appointed - 11 Jun 1814 Died)
Manuel Ros de Medrano † (19 Dec 1814 Confirmed - 23 Sep 1821 Died)
Víctor Damián Sáez y Sánchez Mayor † (3 May 1824 Confirmed - 3 Feb 1839 Died)
Damián Gordo Sáez † (3 Jul 1848 Confirmed - 24 Dec 1854 Died)
Gil Estéve y Tomás † (25 Sep 1857 Confirmed - 27 Jul 1858 Died)
Miguel José Pratmans Llambés † (26 Sep 1859 Confirmed - 1 Jan 1861 Died)
José Raimundo Benito Vilamitjana y Vila † (23 Dec 1861 Confirmed - 28 Feb 1879 Confirmed, Archbishop of Tarragona)
Francisco Aznar y Pueyo † (28 Feb 1879 Confirmed - 29 Jun 1893 Died)
Pedro Rocamora y García † (21 May 1894 Appointed - 19 Jan 1925 Died)
Félix Bilbao y Ugarriza † (14 Dec 1925 Appointed - 18 Nov 1943 Died)
Manuel Moll y Salord † (18 Nov 1943 Succeeded - 5 Oct 1968 Resigned)
Ricardo María Carles Gordó † (6 Jun 1969 Appointed - 23 Mar 1990 Appointed, Archbishop of Barcelona)
Lluís Martínez Sistach (17 May 1991 Appointed - 20 Feb 1997 Appointed, Archbishop of Tarragona)
Javier Salinas Viñals (5 Sep 1997 Appointed - 16 Nov 2012 Appointed, Bishop of Mallorca)
Enrique Benavent Vidal (17 May 2013 Appointed - 10 Oct 2022 Appointed, Archbishop of Valencia)
Sergi Gordo Rodríguez (13 Jul 2023 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
4th Century	Erected		Diocese of Tortosa (erected)
2 September 1955	Territory Added	Archdiocese of Zaragoza (Olocau in Castellón)	Diocese of Tortosa
2 September 1955	Territory Added	Diocese of Calahorra y La Calzada (Viana and Amescoas in Navarra)	Diocese of Tortosa
2 September 1955	Territory Added	Diocese of Teruel (-Albarracín) (Bechi in Castellón)	Diocese of Tortosa
2 September 1955	Territory Lost	Diocese of Tortosa (Calaceite, Arens, Lledó, and Cretas)	Archdiocese of Zaragoza
2 September 1955	Territory Lost	Diocese of Tortosa (Mayáis in Lérida)	Diocese of Lérida

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source

1950 450,000 450,000 100.0% 217 76 293 1,535 142 728 200 ap1951

1969 228,500 229,000 99.8% 180 45 225 1,015 50 650 104 ap1971

1980 236,000 237,000 99.6% 145 19 164 1,439 36 460 141 ap1981

1990 230,000 232,000 99.1% 145 14 159 1,446 25 423 141 ap1991

1999 228,150 229,075 99.6% 127 18 145 1,573 27 341 141 ap2000

2000 228,017 231,717 98.4% 123 16 139 1,640 25 297 141 ap2001

2001 236,692 240,492 98.4% 118 16 134 1,766 24 359 141 ap2002

2002 238,383 241,583 98.7% 123 13 136 1,752 21 299 141 ap2003

2003 238,632 242,021 98.6% 126 11 137 1,741 1 18 326 141 ap2004

2004 239,518 242,300 98.9% 118 7 125 1,916 2 14 304 141 ap2005

2010 260,449 292,662 89.0% 119 4 123 2,117 2 11 255 141 ap2011

2014 257,329 290,766 88.5% 106 4 110 2,339 5 9 245 141 ap2015

2017 250,000 275,556 90.7% 87 1 88 2,840 5 7 207 141 ap2018

2020 250,876 276,265 90.8% 81 1 82 3,059 4 6 173 141 ap2021

2022 253,962 279,663 90.8% 75 2 77 3,298 5 6 166 141 ap2023

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
1950	450,000	450,000	100.0%	217	76	293	1,535		142	728	200	ap1951
1969	228,500	229,000	99.8%	180	45	225	1,015		50	650	104	ap1971
1980	236,000	237,000	99.6%	145	19	164	1,439		36	460	141	ap1981
1990	230,000	232,000	99.1%	145	14	159	1,446		25	423	141	ap1991
1999	228,150	229,075	99.6%	127	18	145	1,573		27	341	141	ap2000
2000	228,017	231,717	98.4%	123	16	139	1,640		25	297	141	ap2001
2001	236,692	240,492	98.4%	118	16	134	1,766		24	359	141	ap2002
2002	238,383	241,583	98.7%	123	13	136	1,752		21	299	141	ap2003
2003	238,632	242,021	98.6%	126	11	137	1,741	1	18	326	141	ap2004
2004	239,518	242,300	98.9%	118	7	125	1,916	2	14	304	141	ap2005
2010	260,449	292,662	89.0%	119	4	123	2,117	2	11	255	141	ap2011
2014	257,329	290,766	88.5%	106	4	110	2,339	5	9	245	141	ap2015
2017	250,000	275,556	90.7%	87	1	88	2,840	5	7	207	141	ap2018
2020	250,876	276,265	90.8%	81	1	82	3,059	4	6	173	141	ap2021
2022	253,962	279,663	90.8%	75	2	77	3,298	5	6	166	141	ap2023